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Gallstone ileus: A rare cause of small intestine obstruction
Clinical Case Reports, 2021 Gallstone ileus is a very rare cause of mechanical bowel obstruction with often‐delayed presentation and nonspecific symptoms. Aerobilia is found in approximately 50% of patients with gallstone ileus.
Francesk Mulita +9 more
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Gallstone ileus - the double challenge: case report and review of the literature [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Investigative Surgery, 2016 Gallstone ileus is a rare condition which occurs as an evolutive complication of biliary lithiasis. It occurs after stone migration from extrahepatic biliary tree to the digestive lumen, mostly through a biliary-enteric fistula.
Petrişor Banu +5 more
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Gallstone ileus in a middle-aged male with an atypical history: a case report
Acta Biomedica Scientifica, 2022 Currently, gallstone ileus is an unusual complication of cholelithiasis (0.3–3.0 %) and a rare cause of mechanical bowel obstruction (0.1–4.0 %). The rarity of the condition makes it impossible to plan the large prospective randomized clinical trials, so
Yu. S. Vinnik +4 more
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Gallstone Ileus with associated perforated small bowel diverticulitis
, 2021 Gallstone ileus is a rare complication of cholelithiasis and a type of mechanical obstruction involving impaction of a gallstone within the intestinal tract [1,2].
Ronan Knittel +3 more
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Gallstone ileus sigmoidnog kolona: prikaz slučaja
, 2021 Mehanička opstrukcija crijeva žučnim konkrementom (engl. gallstone ileus) rijetka je komplikacija bilijarne kalkuloze, najčešće lokalizirana u tankom crijevu. Gallstone ileus kolona mnogo je rjeđi oblik gallstone ileusa.
Augustin, Goran +2 more
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Surgery in Practice and Science, 2023 Introduction: Gallstone ileus is an uncommon etiology of intestinal obstruction, although many cases require surgical repair. There is no consensus regarding the necessity of concomitant cholecystectomy. (CCY) at the time of index surgery.
Varun Rao +4 more
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Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2010 Introduction Cases of gallstone ileus account for 1% to 4% of all instances of mechanical bowel obstruction. The majority of obstructing gallstones are located in the terminal ileum. Less than 10% of impacted gallstones are located in the duodenum.
Winnekendonk Guido +3 more
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A Rare Case of Large Impacted Stone in Jejunum Causing Obstruction in a Patient of Gallstone Ileus
Galician Medical Journal, 2020 Gallstone ileus is a rare complication of cholelithiasis that occurs as a result of occlusion of the intestinal lumen by a large sized gallstone accounting for 1-4% cases of small bowel obstruction. The aim of this work is to introduce a case report that
Dawood Iqbal Wani +4 more
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An uncommon cause of common presentation – Gall stone ileus: A case report and review of literature
Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2014 About 1%-4% of all cases of mechanical intestinal obstruction were caused by rare disease gallstone ileus. It is an uncommon complication of cholelithiasis.
Anand Munghate
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